Michigan Avenue Retail Corridor

Sculpture by Anish Kapoor

6-picture panorama stitched with Hugin, panini projection

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The Bean, sur la place de Millennium Park à Chicago, sous la neigne et la glace...

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Sculpture by Anish Kapoor

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Sculpture by Anish Kapoor

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LOST IN THOUGHTS How do you guys feel today? I hope you are all good! I know that the photography theme here in Chicago last week was shooting the Chicago henge and I kinda wrapped myself in it. While practicing social distancing, and keeping a safe distance a friend and I went out in attempt to capture that light from a different perspective. Sun was blasting the golden light straight up the river that morning for sure! What do you think?

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Ever heard about BURNHAM’S PLAN OF CHICAGO? Me neither, all until I started reading about the subject. I wanted to dig deep and find out more about Chicago’s architecture and people behind it. I discovered a ton of names and stiles and I want name them all now, all I can say that they did a great job. I know that many don’t pay attention to those details, bridges they cross, streets they walk on every day, but I’m pretty sure you’ve heard about Magnificent mile. This is a part of that route and the DUSABLE BRIDGE is the extension that connects the Michigan Avenue to the other side of the river. What better way to showcase all this great architecture than looking down the Michigan Avenue from the Hard Rock Hotel. Another gem in the downtown area and a very cool place. I got to stay there for one night as a present from someone who knows how much I love doing what I do. Big thank you to HRH team for making my stay in this room possible. At the end, with a bit of luck and some help from the great HRH stuff I got to experience this vistas from the best room in the house. So what do you think?

Are they still around? Well, probably not anymore. It sure was fun seeing them around the town. But now after seeing what’s in front of us, weather wise, I believe that moments like this will be rare this month. It looks like we will all be happy if we see some color by the end of it. What do you think?

Monochrome anyone? It’s been a while since I posted something in BW and I was craving that feeling all this time. I will use this opportunity to throw a new idea out there. Since I’m working in a background on a group of monochrome edits for a while I’m contemplating on starting another channel on Instagram dedicated only to my BW work. I just want to separate the work so both feeds have a cohesive look and the similar theme. I’m leaving on a month long trip in a few days and I will take that time to think hard on this subject, I would also love to hear your thoughts. I’m excited for so many reasons and I hope that I will manage to come back with some great photography. While away I might not be able to be as active as I want to on social media platforms so hopefully we can continue this journey, with the same excitement and intensity, when I come back. What do you think?

“I’m very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it.” - Mary Lou Retton

Sculpture by Anish Kapoor

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The Bean, sur la place de Millennium Park à Chicago, sous la neigne et la glace...

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How often do you use long exposures in your photography? Since recently I discovered a new passion for minimalistic, abstract photography and incorporating movement in that style of work is very important for me. So I find myself using long exposures quite often in one way or the other. I love to use them to break the symmetry in the frame and as a strong point of interest. What do you think?

2001 l'odyssée de l'espace.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwTWaN5ZMgQ

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Reflets en hiver dans "le haricot" de Chicago...

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“The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus” - Robert Greene

The Cloud Gate, The Bean.... Iconic spot in Chicago. I took my time with this one. I went there numerous times over the corse of 4 months. Mornings, evenings, etc. I finally settled down on this framing. I knew that I wanted to have traces of people included so I went for the longer exposure. I didn't know that while shooting I was able to capture these great clouds this late after the sunset. The result is 220mpx pano and this representation of the vision I had. What do you think?

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I had a great time exploring the Chicago left and right, up and down, last few days. And I had so much luck when it comes to weather conditions. On one of those trips, I visited the John Hancock Building, also know as Chicago 360. These are hands down, the best views of Chicago and this place is really photography friendly. I enjoyed celebrating my Bday with my better half, with the cocktail, while shooting the city. I couldn't ask for a better evening. Without getting in to much tech talk, I have picked a spot and shot the city from the sunset to a blue hour and blend those different moments later, just so I can get this highly dynamic sunset. What do you think?

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Are you ready to dive in? If you are interested in learning how to get this look in 5 easy steps please sign up for one of my exiting new workshops. I’ll be teaching the Infrared Workshop among few others by the end of this month. If you have any questions you can ask me here or on my webpage nenografia.com. If you like learning alone we can also organize one of the private one on one custom learning experiences. This is the IR image shot in the Millennium Park last month. What do you think?

LONDON HOUSE How did you kick off the start of this week? I’m still hoping and waiting to see some fall color in the city! But until that happens I’m back and shooting cityscapes. I’m contemplating for a long time how to shoot the views from a London House terrace. For those who don’t know, that is a luxury hotel at the riverfront in Chicago. Since it’s accessible for anybody who is willing to pay for a drink at the rooftop bar it was a challenge to find a different perspective from that spot. Besides waiting for the right weather conditions the bar is always crowded. Since it’s getting colder there is not much people there so this was the perfect time for me to explore the terrace and enjoy that drink in peace and all while happy hour is on ( every Monday and Tuesday :) What do you think?